Senior Project Nurse, Midwife, Allied Health Professional

Job summary

Expected Shortlisting Date

14/01/2025

Planned Interview Date

22/01/2025

Senior Project Nurse/Midwife/Allied Health Professional Band 7

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Adult Critical Care Outreach Team as a Senior Project Nurse at Leeds. You will be responsible for supporting quality improvement for the deteriorating patient agenda. The immediate focus of the successful candidate will be towards improvements with Sepsis and AKI management.

You will be an experienced nurse, with in-depth knowledge of caring for acutely ill and deteriorating patients, an expert in sepsis recognition and treatment, educated to post-graduate degree level or have equivalent clinical experience. You will hold a recognised teaching qualification and have evidence of recent development relevant to deteriorating and septic patients; a project management/quality improvement qualification would be an advantage.

You will have the opportunity to further develop your knowledge and skills in the management of the acutely ill patient and, as leadership, education and audit are integral to this role, there are further opportunities to develop these skills. The successful candidate will work closely with Lead Clinician for sepsis, Infection Prevention, Critical Care Outreach, ICU/HDU and Resuscitation Services, with a chance to gain experience in quality improvement work with a Trust wide remit.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work in the Critical Care Outreach Team to implement and/or facilitate a range of projects in the Trust, including leading and driving the safe staffing assurance and workforce transformation agendas.

The post holder will lead and drive the Sepsis agenda.

They will proactively

Plan, develop and enact the Sepsis Quality Improvement agenda

Lead and collaborate with Trust wide or CSU or professional specific projects and strategies.

Engaging with corporate and operational teams to support continual improvement

The post holder will participate in the planning and management of projects as required.

Provide feedback to relevant corporate and operational teams on progress and issues relating to clinical practice on wards and clinical areas.

Lead on nursing, midwifery and AHP policy development relating to local and national objectives.

Job responsibilities

The Critical Care Outreach service are a team of experienced individuals, who focus is to provide the highest quality of care, to patients experiencing a deterioration in their clinical condition; the management of Sepsis being central to this ethos.

Our vision: #OutstandingCriticalCare

To achieve the best outcomes in the safest environments alongside an outstanding patient experience.

Adult Critical Care is committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice so that our organisation is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work, regardless of age, disability, trans identity or history, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

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